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Type Event
Magnitude 5.9 M
Local datetime 2013/04/17 21:03
Universal datetime 2013/04/17 12:03
Latitude 38.68 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 141.35 ° ± 4 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Sendai  52 1.037562e+06
Niigata  219 505272
Iwaki  185 357309
Kōriyama  165 340560
Akita  158 320069
Aomori  244 298394
Morioka  117 295172
Fukushima  130 294237
Yamagata  101 254538
Mito  268 246538
Hachinohe  204 239046
Nagaoka  258 195318
Hirosaki  223 174972
Sakata  133 100446
Tsuruoka  132 99820

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.65
Azimuthal gap 77.92 °
Number of stations used 39
Number of phases used 39

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MAJO P 12:04:23.42 3.27 230.42 3.28 Automatic
II ERM P 12:04:27.77 3.22 21.83 3.61 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:05:32.82 3.3 6.64 8.34 Automatic
IU PET P 12:07:48.46 2.05 34.04 18.63 Automatic
IU MA2 P 12:08:20.67 0.53 12.93 21.74 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:09:06.28 0.94 301.6 26.35 Automatic
II TLY P 12:09:31.37 0.88 308.89 29.16 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:09:57.70 -1.58 17.17 32.46 Automatic
IU TIXI P 12:10:08.11 -0.79 352.92 33.56 Automatic
IU MIDW P 12:10:31.31 3.9 94.4 35.66 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:11:16.32 -1.06 253.84 41.66 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:11:31.39 0.05 300.81 43.3 Automatic
II KURK P 12:11:42.87 -0.15 306.92 44.75 Automatic
II KDAK P 12:11:50.2 -1.02 42.85 45.77 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:12:04.72 -0.29 32.91 47.55 Automatic
II KAPI P 12:12:04.67 -2.01 209.54 48.05 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:12:11.77 2.97 172.33 48.39 Automatic
II BRVK P 12:12:18.67 -0.21 311.45 49.33 Automatic
II AAK P 12:12:20.37 -0.08 297.23 49.53 Automatic
II NIL P 12:12:53.47 0.21 287.16 53.92 Automatic
IU KBS P 12:13:30.12 2.03 350 58.8 Automatic
II LVZ P 12:13:38.87 -0.05 335.5 60.35 Automatic
IU KEV P 12:13:47.17 -0.51 339.01 61.64 Automatic
II OBN P 12:14:19.22 -0.59 322.91 66.5 Automatic
II KIV P 12:14:38.87 -0.24 310.58 69.57 Automatic
IU GNI P 12:14:45.37 0.71 306.33 70.47 Automatic
II FFC P 12:14:52.37 -2.03 32.85 72.07 Automatic
IU KIEV P 12:14:56.59 -1.58 322.08 72.7 Automatic
IU SFJD P 12:15:04.2 -1.4 4.84 73.93 Automatic
II BORG P 12:15:16.82 1.22 352.47 75.68 Automatic
IU ANTO P 12:15:27.52 -0.47 311.91 77.88 Automatic
II PFO P 12:15:28.12 -0.21 56.34 77.96 Automatic
IU RSSD P 12:15:28.87 -1.82 41.79 78.36 Automatic
IU TUC P 12:15:51.27 -1.18 54.24 82.43 Automatic
IU ANMO P 12:15:56.2 -1.07 49.83 83.32 Automatic
II BFO P 12:15:57.2 -1.24 330.71 83.53 Automatic
IU CCM P 12:16:24.37 -2.18 38.72 89.32 Automatic
IU WCI P 12:16:35.42 -1.37 35.5 91.51 Automatic
IU WVT P 12:16:39.22 -2.13 37.72 92.5 Automatic